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Abstract
The flow-directed pulmonary artery catheter is the mainstay of hemodynamic monitoring in critically ill and injured patients. During its 25-year history, the catheter has been modified to measure mixed venous oxygen saturation, right ventricular ejection fraction, and recently, continual thermodilution cardiac output. The clinical application of the new generations of pulmonary artery catheters is reviewed in this article.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8902372 DOI: 10.1016/s0749-0704(05)70280-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Crit Care Clin ISSN: 0749-0704 Impact factor: 3.598